Combined name-strap attachment and buckle



(No Model.)

W. B. HAYDEN.

Combined Hame Strap Attachment and Buckle.

No. 241,009. yPatented Nlay 3,1881x iff". Y

- Lf/Mig@ UNTTED STATES PATENT OEErcE.

WILLIAM B. HAYDEN, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

COMBINED HAIVIE-STRAP ATTACHMENT AND BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 241,009, dated May 3, 1881. Application lled April 4, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. HAYDEN, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Oolumbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Combined Haine-Strap Attachment and Buckle, of' which the following; is a specification.

The object of' this invention is to produce a neat` compact, and handy device for attaching and adjusting haine-straps which will protect the llame-strap from wear at the point where it passes through the metal llame-loop, facilitate bitching up, unhitehing, and adjustment of the llame-strap, and enable a new hamestrap to be applied to the hames by a teamster without riveting or sewing, the entire frame of said device being' formed in one piece, as hereinafter particularly described with reference to the accompanying drawings in which- Figure l is a perspective view of' a combined haine-strap attachmentaud buckle constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the same applied to a haine and hamestrap. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the same applied to a haine and strap.

The side bars, A A,are curved and connected at their ends by end bars, a and a', and intermediately connected at theirconvex edges by bridge-loops b b. Between these bridgeloops the concave edges of the side bars are connected by a cross-bar, C, to which the buckletongue D is pivoted, the tip of said tongue resting upon the end bar a. From the back of this bar C project two studs, c c. Between the bridge b and the end bar a the side bars are connected by a curved cross-bar, e, from which hat hook E curvestoward said bridge and forms a wear-iron, which engages with the end loop,f, of the haine F.

In applying the invention to use the hook or wear-arm E is first engaged with the loopf of the hame, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The strap, having two holes formed near its end to engage with the studs c c, is then passed in under the bridges b b', through the hame-loop, over the wear-iron, and through the loop formed by the end bar a and the portions ofthe side bars which extend beyond said wear-iron, and is then bent back and its end passed back of the tongue-bar C, between it and the strap, and the holes in the end engaged with the studs c c. The strap is thus firmly secured to the attachment and the hame, and that portion which passes under and between the bridges b b' bears upon the tips of the studs c c and prevents the end of the strap from becoming disengaged therefrom. The perforated free or adjustable end of the strap is then passed behind the end bar a or through that portion of the frame which forms the buckle-loop in front ofthe bridge b and bar O, and either of its per'orations may be engaged with the tongue D, as shown, and its tip passed under the end bar a. rPhat portion of the frame, the tongue-bar C to the end bar, a. inclusive, and including the tongue D, forms the buckle, while that portion from the wear-iron to the bar a orms a strap-tip loop, the intermediate portion of the frame, including the tongue-bar, its studs, and the bridge-loops Z) b', forming the strap-fastener, the strap being secured Without either riveting or sewing, so that incase of accident a new strap may be cut from a piece of line or other leather and easily and quickly put in place.

rlhat portion of the strap passing through the llame-loop is protected from wear by the wear-iron E, which bears all the friction of the haine-loop in lieu or' the strap, as heretofore. In the old way of attaching haine-straps this is the irst part that wears out.

By making the llame-strap attaching devices and buckle in one piece the cost ofthe complete haines is reduced, as is also the work ot'hitching up and unhitching.

What I claim is- 1. The herein-described combined haine-strap attachment and buckle, consisting ofthe frame havin g the buckle with loose ton gue at one end, the strap-tip loop at the other end, and the wear-iron and strap-tastening devices located between said buckle and tip-loop, the said frame being formed in one piece, substantially as described.

2. The combined haine-strap attachment and buckle, composed of the curved side bars, A A, and bars a a', bridge-loops b b', tongue-bar and tongue, and the hooked wear-iron E, all arranged with relation to each other substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM B. HAYDEN. Witnesses r" GHAs. BAKER, HENRY M. BUTLER, 

